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The Carbiner “For sport and for good fellowship”

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CARBINE CLUB

See the next edition of The Carbiner for words and pics from the 56th AFL Grand Final Luncheon

EDITION 17 of 2019- 11 Oct

CC QLDNews

CCSA SANFL GF Luncheon

Upcoming Events for your Diary

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The Carbine Club of Queensland

At the recent QRL Awards night held at the Brisbane Town Hall attended by 400 guests the Carbine

Club of Queensland’s Pedro Gallagher Rookie of the Year Award was presented to Tom Gilbert from

the Townsville Blackhawks by CCQLD member Peter Gwynne

The QRL thanked the Carbine Club for the continued support and gave us two photos from the night

showing Peter with Tom Gilbert and again with legendary Mal Meninga.

The next QLD event is the Bill Brown Medal Award lunch on 19 Nov at The Cricketers Club.

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Carbine Club of South Australia – SANFL GF Luncheon

The Carbine Club of South Australia Inc., celebrated the 2019 SANFL Grand Final with a feast of football

activity in the William Magarey Room at Adelaide Oval.

Hosted by Channel 7’s Sports presenter, Mark Soderstrom, there was a wide range of football identities to

speak with and in his most genial way, he was able to get the responses that he was seeking.

On the day David Shipway AM launched a new initiative for SA – Sport

scholarship. Indy Tahau a very keen 17-year-old women’s footballer from

Reynella High School was presented with a cheque to assist her

development as a young player.

L-R: David Shipway AM & Indy Tahau

Mark Soderstrom interviewed Indy who

comes from a family of 9 children and

enjoys her newfound sport in football.

She is striving to achieve AFL status and hopes to prove herself worthy in the

2020 season.

Glenelg Football Club Coach Mark Stone was very reflective of the season and quietly confident that his team

has every chance to pull off the Grand Final this year. The Glenelg season has been consistent having finished

minor premiers.

There must be one coach in the mix who could prove that the

Magpies will be unstoppable in the Grand Final. Matthew has a

baby on the way and will be more than busy in the next few

months prior to season 2020.

His form with the team all season has been exceptional and should

prove a strong competitor against Glenelg.

The umpires were a talking point for Soda – he always happens to find a “virgin” umpire on the day.

L-R: Andrew Crosby, Tom Bryce (virgin ump) and Mitch Harris

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Luke Partington was hard at work studying for his upcoming teaching

exams @ Flinders University prior to speaking with Soda – he has

achieved the Magarey Medal status this year and will prove that a

potential career as a high school teacher will stand him in good stead

for his future. Luke is a strong family man and supports his mum and

siblings – a very focused player and asset for Glenelg.

Solitaire once again formed a partnership with

Carbine Club sponsoring the Guest Speaker – Mark

Williams for the luncheon and presented the Jaguar

XE and Jaguar F-PACE SVR to our 550 strong

crowd.

Key note speaker for the day – Mark Williams entertained the crowd with a very engaging

reflection on the Williams family and his meteoric rise to achieve many goals in life, and also now mentors

many AFL and VFL players through his business “Champion Teams”.

The Governor His Excellency Hieu Van Le (centre) always

attends the footy lunch and enjoys the entertainment. As

Patron of the SA chapter, he is very engaged in local events

and the SANFL Grand Final is certainly one he is passionate

about.

John Olsen AO Chairman of the SANFL Commission (right of

Governor) was pleased with a strong SANFL Grand Final

coming up between Port Glenelg.

The raffle for Novita always raises a

large figure – the box next to Russell

Ebert (ambassador for Novita) says it

all! Over $16,000 was raised via the

raffle and ball ticket – Burley Seekham

kindly donated the balls that were

raffled on the day too.

The day went well with a very impressive line-up of

past players and medalists from days gone by.

L-R: Legend Medalist players Ken Eustice, John Halbert OBE

and Neil Kerley OAM

L-R: David Myers – Pres, CCSA, Mark Williams

and David Shipway AM

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2019 Calendar of Events

On today, 11 Oct !

18 Oct TAS - Caulfield Cup Luncheon & AGM , Wrest Point Derwent Room

25 Oct WA - Members Only Luncheon, The Shoe Function Room

25 Oct HK - International Cricket Lunch

25 Oct NT - Cox Plate Eve Luncheon, Wharf One

25 Oct Vanuatu - MO Luncheon, Blue Marlin

26 Oct PNG - Cox Plate Day, Aviat Club

1 Nov VIC - VRC Derby Eve Luncheon, Crown Palladium

4 Nov London - AGM & Melbourne Cup Eve Dinner, The Alfred Tennyson

12 Nov HK - Golf Day (MO), Shek O Golf & Country Club

15 Nov PNG - MO Lunch, National Football Stadium

19 Nov QLD - Cricket Lunch, Queensland Cricketers Club

22 Nov WA - Racing Luncheon, Hyatt Regency

28 Nov SA - Test Cricket Luncheon, William Magarey Room, Adelaide Oval

28 Nov Vanuatu - MO Luncheon, Blue Marlin

2 Dec ACT - Russell Parkes Memorial Golf Day, Royal Canberra

2 Dec ACT - Christmas Cocktail Party, RCGC (Members & Guests)

6 Dec HK - International Racing Lunch

6 Dec PNG - Members Xmas Cocktail Party, Crown Hotel

6 Dec NT - Christmas Dinner, Char Restaurant

6 Dec ACT - AGM Lunch, Jim Murphy’s Boardroom (MO)

6 Dec QLD - Christmas Lunch

6 Dec NSW - Members End of Year Lunch, Members Pavilion, SCG

11 Dec WA - Cricket Luncheon, Royal Perth Golf Club

11 Dec VIC - Members Xmas Lunch, RACV

13 Dec S’pore - Christmas Lunch, Grand Hyatt Hotel